1st class wet market

Yes Johan Jaafar is correct to say that we need to improve our wet market to meet the status of a modern Malaysia. Not just that, I've wrote before that the place we call home also must be upgraded. House and office buildings in Malaysia are of different quality. We have first class office buildings but majority of us stay in houses poorly built and fail to consider the well-being of the people.

History revised

The Federation of Malaya became an independent nation on Aug 31, 1957.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, the first prime minister, proclaimed:

"...The time has now arrived when the people of the ersekutuan Tanah Melayu will assume the status of a free, independent and sovereign nation among the nations of the world and ... a onstitution for the government of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu has been established as the supreme law thereof and
provision is made to safeguard the rights and prerogatives of their highnesses the rulers and the rights and liberties of the people and to provide for the peaceful and orderly advancement of the Persekutuan Tanah Melayu as a constitutional monarchy based on parliamentary democracy...."

Read:

CONSTITUTIONAL LANDMARKS IN MALAYSIA: THE FIRST 50 YEARS (1957-2007)Alliance, the force behind Merdeka

2020 next 2067

PM on Malaysia after 100 years of independence - Full text of PM speech

Wealth of nation and well-being of people

Wealth of nation if measured in term of material figures alone will miss out the well-being of the people. This is what is happening in Japan. We don't want this to happen to our country.

The Rise of Japan’s Lazy Youth
from Newsweek International Editions - Top News
Once dismissed as lazy youth, Japan's army of the underemployed are starting to demand more work.

Corporate Malaysia

Q107 Corporate Malaysia

First quarter report card
It was a good beginning for corporate
Malaysia, which came in with positive results in the first quarter of 2007, writes OSK INVESTMENT RESEARCH.

e-Govt

How we deal with government agencies in ten years to come? I believe the Internet will be the mainstream channel. A lot of delivery issues could be resolved if today we invest seriously in improving our nation's inter net infrastructure. Going forward, improving the Internet infrastructures should be the main fiscal spending done by the government.

• Web services can upgrade public sector delivery